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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the friar returns to the convent?
(a) He forgets to pray for the parishioners.
(b) He keeps a portion of what is given to him before giving the rest to the convent.
(c) He sells what the parishioners give him.
(d) He prays for himself.

2. Who will determine the best tale in the contest?
(a) The Host.
(b) The Narrator.
(c) The Pardoner.
(d) The group will vote.

3. Where were the friars in the vision from the Summoner's Prologue?
(a) Roaming earth.
(b) In the mud of the hell for swine.
(c) Swarming Satan's “arse.”
(d) Under Satan's wings.

4. Who told the Clerk the tale he tells?
(a) Francis Petrarch.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) William Blake.
(d) Geoffrey Chaucer.

5. Why does the Franklin interrupt the Squire?
(a) To start a debate with the Miller.
(b) To insult him.
(c) To ask a question.
(d) To compliment him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the knight's wife transform into a beautiful woman?

2. What does Nicholas tell John which allows him to spend the night with Alison?

3. Why does the Reeve feel the way he does about the Miller's Tale?

4. What does the Reeve think of the Miller's Tale?

5. Why does January want to marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the friar in the Summoner's Tale ironic?

2. What makes the friar in the Summoner's Tale corrupt?

3. Why are Palamon and Arcite jealous of each other when Arcite is released from the tower?

4. What is the purpose of the General Prologue?

5. How is the Friar's Tale uncomplimentary to summoners?

6. Why does January say he wants to marry? Why does he likely really want to marry?

7. What does the Cook like about the Reeve's Tale?

8. What is the basis of the Reeve's story? Why is this the basis for the story?

9. What is the purpose of the knight's quest to find what women most desire?

10. Why can there be no real determination of the outcome of the Cook's Tale?

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